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Replace the fuel filter ,one more thing your title of "one last problem, please help....;-(" if you think this is your last problem I have some water front property that I will sell ya. One last problem, that was funny!

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Well just to clear it up it was the Bosch PLATINUMS that bajawarrior had in his motor. The Bosch Supers work fine as well as the autolites or NGKs. The Bosch Platinum plug is not a good one to run with a standard (points or HEI) ignition, they work best with a high output ignition such as a MSD or DIS ignition.

Yeah, it sounds to me like a timing problem to me, or a problem with the idle circuit in your carb. I see that you are running a Weber Progressive and not with a 009 distributor? You kow the vaccuum advance needs to be hooked up with a stock distributor. Otherwise, it will not advance properly to meet the engine's needs. One other thought: I would set TOTAL advance at 30 degrees BTC with a timing light (at 3000 to 3500 RPM's) once you verify that your vaccuum circuit is operating properly. VW's tend to run best right in that range.

As far as the idle circuit goes: All VW carbs that I'm familiar with have a mixture screw for the idle circuit. I've never played with a Progressive, but my 44's have 'em. The idle control circuit usually controls the fuel until about 2500 RPM's. If it's out of whack, you'll have those symptoms. The rule of thumb is back the screw out a bunch until it idles OK, then slowly turn it in until you first start to hear it misfire. You have to pay real close attention. When it first misfires, STOP, then backit out 1/4 to 1/2 a turn again. This will at least get you in the ballpark, even though I don't know the exact specs for your carb.

One other thing you might try: Sometimes crap gets stuck inside a carburetor fuel passage. Take the air cleaner off and run the engine at 3000 RPM's and cover the air intake tightly for a few seconds with your hand on top of the carb to force the engine vacuum to suck out whatever crap maybe in the fuel passsage or jet. Sometimes this will magically fix a problem that nobody else has ever seen. I know from experience that this works sometimes.

Try those things. If they don't work, there's other things that we'll get into.

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